Build it like Beckham... David spends six days on daughter’s castle
DAVID BECKHAM has enhanced his reputation as a model father by spending six days building a Lego princess castle for his daughter.
The father-of-four worked secretly on the 4,080-piece construction as a surprise for six-year-old Harper, and posted the results on social media.
He first shared a picture on Instagram six days ago, sitting astride a sun lounger surrounded by plastic bricks and studying a hefty instruction manual.
“Page 1 of the Disney castle. 4,000 pieces, 490 pages of instructions. I look confused but I’m so excited,” he wrote.
Sharing a picture of the finished model with his 39 million Instagram followers, he said proudly: “1am done… Someone’s gonna have a nice surprise in the morning.”
Some observers wondered why Harper, who celebrated her sixth birthday in July with a tea party at Buckingham Palace, could not have built the castle herself. But the £300 kit is so complex that it is aimed at over16s.
Beckham has previously spoken about his enthusiasm for Lego. “The last big thing I made was Tower Bridge. It was amazing,” he said. “I think Lego sometimes helps to calm me down.” Speaking about Harper, his youngest child, he said in one interview: “I have no power with that little girl – no power whatsoever.
“I love all my children, of course, equally, but I’m definitely stricter with the boys, which gets me in trouble with my wife.”